The Faithfulness of the Risen Christ

David J. Downs is a Fellow of Keble College and Clarendon-Laing Associate Professor in New Testament Studies at the University of Oxford.Benjamin J. Lappenga holds a Ph.D. in New Testament from Fuller Theological Seminary.

Introduction: ""He Remains Faithful"" 1. The Semantics of Pistis: ""The Lord Is Faithful"" 2. Philippians: ""To Know Him and the Power of His Resurrection"" 3. The Corinthian Correspondence: ""We Have the Same Spirit of Faithfulness"" 4. Galatians: ""I Live in the Faithfulness of the Son of God"" 5. Romans: ""The One Who Is Righteous Will Live by Faith"" 6. Ephesians: ""In Whom We Have Boldness and Access with Confidence through His Faithfulness"" Conclusion: ""In His Faithfulness and Love, in His Suffering and Resurrection""

Pauline scholars and students of the Bible will profit from this book's engagement with the biblical texts as well as its innovative and helpful methodological frameworks. --Oscar E. Jimenez Quintana "Religious Studies Review" The Faithfulness of the Risen Christ is a focused, researched, and compelling study that offers a fresh approach to a topic of ongoing New Testament debate, addressing it with enough clarity and substance to be a significant player in the ensuing discussion. --Troy M. Troftgruben "Review of Biblical Literature" This excellent book could not have arrived at a better time. Its publication in July 2020 coincided with waves of Confederate monument 'disruption' across the nation in the wake of George Floyd's death... Newson's book is its own form of disruption--of both Confederate monuments and the scholarly literature about them. Newson highlights the monuments' oft-obscured theological dimensions, revealing the necessity of their theological disruption. --Karen V. Guth "Perspectives in Religious Studies" The argument of this book provides a convincing response to a challenge posed by James D. G. Dunn: Why, outside of the disputed pistis Christou phrases, does one not find emphasis on the faithfulness of Christ in Paul's letters (pp. 6, 10)? Downs and Lappenga persuasively demonstrate that the pistis of the risen Christ consists in his enabling, through the Spirit, those who share in his pistis to become people 'of faith and faithfulness, trust and trustworthiness' (p. 161). By showing that, for Paul, the faithfulness of the risen Christ empowers faithful living, Downs and Lappenga open the door to further research exploring the implications of Paul's narrative soteriology for his ethics. --Julien Smith "The Catholic Biblical Quarterly"